LEADER 02773nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910782622003321 005 20230617040933.0 010 $a0-8214-4156-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714193 035 $a(EBL)1753412 035 $a(OCoLC)84683609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542488 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11359564 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542488 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10510190 035 $a(PQKB)10525411 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432297 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11293232 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432297 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10478577 035 $a(PQKB)11600834 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1753412 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9495 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1753412 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091955 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714193 100 $a20040915d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWe are fighting the world$b[electronic resource] $ea history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 /$fGary Kynoch 210 $aAthens, Ohio $cOhio University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1616-2 311 $a0-8214-1615-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index. 327 $aUrban violence in South Africa -- The anatomy of the Marashea -- Making a living : survival in South Africa -- Urban battlegrounds -- Marashea on the mines : the expansion era -- Vigilantism, "political" violence, and the end of apartheid. 330 $aSince the late 1940's, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa's gold mining areas. With thousands of members involved in drug smuggling, extortion, and kidnapping, the Marashea was more influential in the day-to-day lives of many black South Africans under apartheid than were agents of the state. These gangs remain active in South Africa. In We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999, Gary Kynoch points to the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aGangs$zSouth Africa$xHistory 606 $aViolence$zSouth Africa$xHistory 615 0$aGangs$xHistory. 615 0$aViolence$xHistory. 676 $a364.1/06/60973 700 $aKynoch$b Gary$01566138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782622003321 996 $aWe are fighting the world$93836485 997 $aUNINA